AirMed receives re-accreditation for transport safety
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Jon Berg
Sanford Health Media Relations
605-366-2432 / Jon.Berg@sanfordhealth.org
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. — Sanford AirMed has been awarded its fourth Enterprise Program re-accreditation through the Commission on Accreditation of Medical Transport Systems (CAMTS). The accreditation demonstrates the air ambulance team’s dedication to patient care and safety.
The peer-review nonprofit organization is dedicated to improving patient care and transport safety by providing a dynamic accreditation process through the development of standards, education and services that support air medical transport.
“We know that trauma patients need emergency care fast,” said Mike Christianson, system executive director of Sanford AirMed. “Sanford AirMed gets patients to medical experts at a fraction of the time compared to ground transport. Our air ambulances serve thousands of patients each year, providing life-saving care while getting patients where they need to go safely and quickly.”
Sanford AirMed has a fleet of eight aircraft that travel more than 400,000 miles per year, including four EC-145 helicopters and four King Air B200 fixed-wing aircraft. AirMed operates out of five bases across the Midwest, including Bemidji, Minn, Sioux Falls, South Dakota and Bismarck, Dickinson and Fargo, North Dakota.
For more information about Sanford AirMed, visit SanfordHealth.org keyword: AirMed.
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Sanford Health, the largest rural health system in the United States, is dedicated to transforming the health care experience and providing access to world-class health care in America’s heartland. Headquartered in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, the organization serves more than one million patients and 220,000 health plan members across 250,000 square miles. The integrated health system has 47 medical centers, 2,800 Sanford physicians and advanced practice providers, 170 clinical investigators and research scientists, more than 200 Good Samaritan Society senior care locations and world clinics in 8 countries around the globe. Learn more about Sanford Health’s commitment to shaping the future of rural health care across the lifespan at sanfordhealth.org or Sanford Health News.
